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System
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Transboundary Environmental Problems
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Black Sea
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- Nutrient over-enrichment/eutrophication
- Decline in natural resources (e.g. fisheries)
- Chemical pollution
- Habitat and biodiversity changes - including alien species introduction
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Guinea Current LME
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- Decline of fish stocks
- Loss of ecosystem integrity and yields in a highly variable environment including the effects of global climate change
- Deterioration in water quality from land and sea based activities, eutrophication and harmful algal blooms
- Habitat destruction and alteration
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Mediterranean Sea
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- Decline in biodiversity
- Decline in fisheries
- Decline of seawater quality
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South China Sea LME
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- Modification of habitats
- Overexploitation of living aquatic resources
- Pollution of aquatic environments
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Yellow Sea LME
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- Pollution problems
- Ecosystem problems
- Fisheries problems
- Biodiversity problems
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Bay of Bengal LME
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- Overexploitation of marine living resources
- Degradation of critical habitats
- Pollution
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Caribbean LME
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- Unsustainable fisheries
- Habitat degradation
- Pollution
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